Sts. Cyril and Methodius University's Institute
of Ethnology and Anthropology in his beginning was established in 1946 as
Department of Ethnology. In 1953 the Government of Republic of Macedonia
abolished the Department of Ethnology. In 1984 the responsible state bodies
of Republic of Macedonia, from the domain of the sciences and education,
brought decision for renewal of the Department of Ethnology. In 2005 Department
of Ethnology progressed in Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. The
contemporary tutorial plan and program was established according to European
credit - transfer system of Ethnology and Anthropology.